The State vs. The People:
What Every Thinking American Must Know

“Every thinking person needs to read this book and confront
its message – our civilization quite literally depends upon it.”

That is how I
feel about Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman’s new book, The State vs.
The People: The Rise of the American Police State.

But many people,
even firearms owners and liberty activists, misunderstand the term “police
state.” They mistakenly think that “police state” is an
anti-police or anti-military slogan. Unfortunately, many American liberty
activists also use the term without knowing what it really means.

When law officers
and civilian liberty activists agree on a clear definition of “police
state,” the two groups can unite to achieve the same goal: preserving
a peaceful free society.

What is a “police state”?

A “police
state” exists where:

the state
imposes its comprehensive vision of economic welfare and correct behavior
on its citizens,

the police
apparatus serves the state (instead of the citizens),

the police
apparatus takes upon itself to actively enforce the will of the state (rather
than respond to criminal misdeeds), and

the citizens
serve the state and the police apparatus because of pervasive fear of punishment.

In other words:
the government is the boss with the plan, the people fear and therefore serve
the government, and the police apparatus actively makes sure things stay that
way.

The police and
the military are not necessarily police state agents. Law officers, whose
mission is to stop crime and track down violent criminals and thieves, are
peace officers. Military members who deter or fight foreign invaders
and attackers are forces for peace. Both categories of public servants work
to preserve a free society by opposing the forces that would damage or destroy
freedom.

Can it
happen here?

How can we detect
whether America is moving toward becoming a police state? This new book, The
State vs. The People, discloses some of the key signs, such as:

Using phrases
such as “national security,” “for the children,”
“temporary measures,” and “public health” to justify
expanding centralized authority and curtailing liberty

Compelling
all school students to obey and accept pro-government ideology

Putting law
officers under national control and direction

Rendering
the people psychologically and physically unable to resist government action
(even if it is evil or murderous)

Employing
law officers to make sure people comply with government edicts

The State
vs. The People delivers the documented evidence that shows how America
is lurching dangerously in the wrong direction: An ever-growing federal government
bureaucracy, political correctness run amok, government schools teaching socialism
better than they teach the “3 Rs.” Nearly any federal regulation
that claims to be “for the children” or “to protect the
public” can sail through Congress without a hiccup.

Destroying private
firearms ownership is a key part of this trend. Every gun owner knows how
increasingly difficult, costly and risky it is to exercise the right to keep
and bear arms.

Law officers
nationwide are seeing their jobs becoming increasingly nationalized, as local
departments accept federal funding, equipment and controls. Federal agents
are armed and looking for citizens to prosecute for regulatory violations
and paperwork felonies. These are all features of every police state.

There are nearly 60,000 armed federal agents, with some 24 federal agencies
now having expanded law enforcement powers, including long-term deputization
to carry firearms. Many agencies – including the National Park Service
– have their own SWAT teams.

Federal government employees now conduct airport security. Surely local police
agencies could search air passengers and luggage when necessary, but the cry
for “public safety” has shut down any criticism of the federal
power expansion.

Like no other book I know, The State vs. The People powerfully describes
how police states arise and function, and chillingly warns Americans about
the modern police state policies at work in our beloved land. The
“war on terrorism” is blunting the people’s ability to see
the difference between legitimate police activity and the federal power ratchet,
so every American must read this book and learn what to do.

Honored as the Freedom Book of the Month by Free-Market.Net for February
2002.

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